Bale-tie buckle.



R. L. HORSLEY. BALE TIE BUCKLE. APPLICATION FILED APRJG, 1914.

Patented Jan. 5, 1915.

5] n uentoz ROBERT HOBSLEY, OF FORT WOBTH, TEXAS.

BALE-TIE BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

, Patented Jan. 5, 1915.

Application filed April 16, 1914. Serial No. 832,218.

To all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT L. HonsLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Worth, in the county of Tarrant and State of Texas, have new and useful Improvements in Bale-Tie Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to fastening devices for the bands or ties of'compressed bales of cotton 91' other material, and more particulary to wire buckles or binders for connecting the ends of bands or ties on the ,bales after the bales have been compressed, and the object is to provide fastening devices which can be economically manufactured and which will be capable of resisting enormous pressure and which can be quickly and easily placed on the bands or ties. In baling cotton it is necessary to put the buckles or fastening-devices on with great rapidity, particularly at the compresses.

Uther objects and advantages will be fully explained in the following description and the invention will be more particularly pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings which form a part of this application. I

Figure l is a front or exterior view of the two ends of a bale tie secured by one of the improved buckles-or fastening devices. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same. Fig. 3 is a front view of a buckle on a larger scale than Fig. 1. Fig. at is a front view of a buckle spread for inserting the ends of the ties.

Similar characters of reference are used to indicate the same parts throughout the several views.

The improved buckle is made preferably of a single piece of steel'wire. @ne of the objects and advantages of the buckle is that cotton bale ties can be plaped on the bales with the free ends of the tie folded under the tie so that there will be no projecting ends. in use the projecting ends on cotton bales are'called spiders and there is a law against such projecting ends. With my inn proved buckle there can be no projecting ends if put on the bales adapted to be put in use.

T hebuckle l is secured to the end "2 by simply running the end of the tie through the buckle and folding the end 8 back between the tie and the bale. This may be done at the bench where the tie can be h aminvented certain I can then engage as intended and mered down on the buckle. The other part of the tie 4 is secured'on the buckle 1 by first folding the end 5 and then shifting the loop, formed by folding in between the doubled portions 6 and 7 and at the same time rotating the buckle until the loop passes the end 8 of the port on 7. The loop both double portions 6 and 7 as shown in Fig. 2, and then the loop is shifted to the position shown in Fig. 1. Bights or short hooks 10 and 9 are formed at the ends of the wire which form the buckle and these bights prevent the wire from being "(lrawn 'out straight when pressure comes -.on" the" tie. One end of the buckle or wire will brace the other against the loop of the tie. When pressurecomes on the band or tie, the outer edges -12 of the tie will be stretched and drawn so that the tie will conform to the contour of the engaged part of the buckle: When the tie is thus stretched and made to conform to the bar or part of the tie engaged, there can be no slipping of the tie on the bar 13. The same stretching takes place at the outer edges 14 of the tie. This stretching makes crinips in the loop portion of the tie. The buckle is substantially quadrangular with tie engaging members 6 and 7 at one side, 13 at the other side with side bars 1'and15.

Instead of placing the buckle on the ends of the tie as above described, the buckle is spread as shown in Fig. 4-. The upper end 2 of the tie is securedto the member 13, as

above described and then the other end l of the tie is shifted between the ends of the bars 6 and 1 and brought to the position of the dotted outline. The loop is then pressed against the end the operator pressing on the barl5. The bars 1 and 15 are pressed to the position shown in Fig. 3 and the loop of the tie can be dropped to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The bars 1 and 15 will tend to spread and thus clamp the loop in the bights 9 and 10.

fl' hat T claim, is,-

l. bale tie buckle comprising a single piece of steel'wire bent to form two tie engaging members and two side bars, and to form books at the ends of the wire, one of said tie engaging members being formed by lapping the ends of the wire past each other after the tie is inserted, and said hooks be ing projected inwardly so as to hook over the edges of the tie to prevent the ends of 8 with the hand of the wire from being drawn out when strain comes upon the tie.

2. A bale tie buckle comprising a single piece of steel wire having hooks or bights formed at the ends thereof and bent to form two tie engaging members and two side bars, one of said tie engaging members being formed by lapping portions of said wire and said side bars holding the portions of said wire (to be lapped)- normally spread laterally until the tie' is inserted in said buckle and said hooks or bights being projected inwardly so as to hook over the edges of the tie to prevent spreading of the buckle.

3. A bale-tie buckle comprising a single piece of steel wire bent to form two tie engaging members and two side bars, one of said tie engaging members being curved at the juncture with said side bars for forming crimps in the edges of the tie to prevent slipping of; the tie on the buckle and the other tie engaging member being formed by lapping portions ofsaid wire after the tie is inserted.

4. A bale" tie buckle comprising a single piece of wire bent to form a tie-engaging member and two side bars and to form lapping members on said side bars, said side bars holding said lapping members laterally spread until the tiei's inserted, said lapping members to be lapped after the tie is inserted to form a second tie-engaging member and said lapping members having their terminals bent inwardly over the edges of the tie to prevent disengagement of the buckle.

In testimony whereof l set my hand in the presence of two witnesses, this 8th day of April 1914.

ROBERT L. HORSLEY.

Witnesses:

CHAS. EVANS, I R. B. RIDGWAY. 

